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Persoonia inconspicua

Persoonia inconspicua
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Persoonia inconspicua is a small erect to spreading shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its narrow leaves and small greenish yellow flowers. It is a native shrub best grown in full sun with good drainage, as is typical of its heath and woodland habitat.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogging and do not overwater.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gravelly, low-fertility soil; acidic to neutral.
Temperature
10-30 °C; tolerates mild frost but protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Persoonia inconspicua is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, often spreading shrub with branchlets and leaves that are densely hairy when young, linear leaves and relatively small greenish yellow flowers usually borne singly or in pairs.

Where it grows

This geebung usually grows in heath and woodland Cowcowing Lakes, Mt Jackson, Queen Victoria Rock and the Johnston Lakes, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Mallee biogeographic regions.

Other Persoonia plants

Needle Geebung · Persoonia acicularis · Persoonia acuminata · Persoonia adenantha · Persoonia amaliae · Persoonia angustiflora · The Tree Geebung · Geebung · Persoonia baeckeoides · Bargo Geebung · Persoonia biglandulosa · Persoonia bowgada

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Persoonia inconspicua by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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